White Ran Through Gunfire to Rescue Fellow Soldiers

On November 8, 2007, high in the rugged mountains of Eastern Afghanistan, 14 American soldiers walked into a deadly enemy ambush. The soldiers were with the 1st Platoon, Chosen Company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Six of the 14 were killed. Army Specialist Kyle White emerged a hero.

Six and a half years later, White vividly remembers every second of the battle.

“It just seemed like the entire valley erupted,” White told NBC News. “Bullets ricocheting off the rocks -- they never let up.”

Despite being wounded and temporarily knocked out cold by an enemy rocket-propelled grenade, White, with no regard for his own safety, repeatedly ran through heavy gunfire to attempt to rescue his fallen soldiers, including Specialist Kain Schilling.